A fast paced, character driven comedy screenplay which challenges the survival of modern relationships through a gauntlet of language barrier mishaps, role reversals and a daunting prospective mother-in-law

JUTTA
You get the job’s done, or you can pack up
your little box and leave now ...

An uncomfortable silence pervades the room. Frau Knobloch looks sternly at Chris who tries to break the tension with a forced laugh, unsuccessfully. Chris picks up his coffee in an attempt to fill the time gap, realizes how dangerous that might be, and places it back on the table, then notices Frau Knobloch had been watching.

CHRIS
It’s a little hot. I can wait for the coffee ... as
much time as it needs ... I probably won’t drink
it at all.

Thursday, February 11, 2010

INT. ANGELIQUE’S HOUSE, GUEST BEDROOM - NIGHTLight radiates throughout the bedroom disturbing Chris’s sleep. He stares at the ceiling, turns over, then turns over again. Finally, he places the pillow over his head.